Marantz
USA / JAPANReinvention with reverence
Monokoto has partnered with Marantz since 2017 to transform its brand, product and service offer. Watch this space.
Find out how we help create some of the world’s most renowned hi-fi and audio products - make contact.
Brand strategy and proposition development. Visual Identity system. Industrial design language.
Design for Products and Services, Apps, interfaces and the web. User Insights, Future Strategy, Portfolio Planning.
Horizon marks the most dramatic shift for Marantz in over 70 years.
The brand language designed at Monokoto across ID, UI, CMF, Graphics, Apps, Web, Interaction and Retail is now present in all categories and product price points for this storied audio brand, Numerous patents, innovations in design, technology and materials combine with Horizon and Grand Horizon.
We are incredibly proud of the work, the deep relationship we have built, and what is still to come.
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Model 30
The first new design Marantz product. designed by Monokoto in 2018, launched in 2020.
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Cinema 30
Marantz AV Receiver range is now fully aligned to the new design story of the brand, and has been hugely well received.
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10-Series
The 10-Series is the ultimate expression of traditional-format Marantz Hi-Fi. Designed to the new design language by the Marantz internal design team with UXUI design by Monokoto.
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Model M1
The Marantz design language has been evolved by the internal team to new form factors and expressions including the M1 compact streaming Amplifier.
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“At a time of significant change in our business, the Monokoto team crystallised a wide range of data and opinion into a set of thoughtful insights and designed a visionary future for our most valued brands.”
VP Brand and Design, Sound United
References available on request
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Virgin Atlantic
UNITED KINGDOMThe A350 Experience
Monokoto was selected as the Customer Experience Design Partner for Virgin Atlantic’s A350 program, in service since 2019. We worked in close collaboration with the in-house design team and key suppliers to elevate and craft the experience for travellers on the new Airbus A350.
Our role encompassed creation of service principles and design of specific moments, originating designs for renewed onboard spaces, seating and accessories. We extended and upgraded the role of digital touchpoints in the new A350 experience.
To discover more about our customer experience, interiors and transportation design expertise - make contact.
Design for Customer Experiences, Interiors and spaces, Colour Material Finish, Digital signage, lighting and interfaces.
“Virgin Atlantic is built on innovation and breaking new ground. In the creation of the customer experience for our new fleet of A350 aircraft, Monokoto helped us to create a completely fresh direction.”
Director of Design, Virgin Atlantic
References available on request
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Michelin
FRANCEA global icon renewed
Monokoto partnered with Michelin to explore new product and service offerings for priority categories. Alongside the Michelin R&D team we developed new structures, and reformed the process of innovation within this industrial powerhouse.
As part of this engagement, Monokoto undertook the monumental task of re-sculpting Bibendum (The Michelin Man) in his role as the icon of trusted service in a new digitally enabled experience.
To discover how our Industrial and Experience Design practice is combined - make contact.
Business proposition development. Innovation program creation and management. Product, service and interface design and prototyping.
Milo
USAThe Action Communicator
Milo is an entirely new category of communication experience. Seamless, handsfree, secure and robust. Conceived as an iconic wearable device - “the GoPro of Walkie Talkies” - Monokoto has worked with the founders of Milo since day zero to craft every aspect of the Milo experience.
To discover how our work with startups cuts through - make contact.
Brand, product, accessory and packaging design. Embedded UXUI, App, Web, Products and Services.
User Insights, Future Experience Strategy, Portfolio Planning.
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MASERATI x SONUS FABERExquisite in-car entertainment
for the Maserati MC20
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The all-Italian Maserati MC20 hypercar feratures a hyper sound system from Sonus Faber.
In partnership with FCA and Sonus Faber, Monokoto designed an expressive in-car entertainment UI based on U-connect.
SONYStrategy and discovery of unique opportunities in the IOT
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Working with Sony teams in Tokyo and in the UK, Monokoto partnered to develop the proposition for Sony MESH, and built a strategic framework which defined user experiences for a new range of IOT products and interfaces.
MESH became the first new business unit at Sony since PlayStation.
PICOCreating a VR business with a total brand and design language
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Monokoto partnered with the Pico team in Beijing to name the business, and create a product, brand, app and interface design language for a fledgling industry in 2016.
Pico was acquired by Bytedance - owners of TikTok in 2021.
GN HEARINGDiscovering and designing new futures in hearing health
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GN Hearing partnered with Monokoto to discover new opportunities in hearing health.
Our work encompassed research and insights, business and brand strategy, and design for HCP-delivered and DTC physical products and digitally enabled services.
LIBRATONE360 brand experience design to establish a new player
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Working in close collaboration, Monokoto re-defined the complete Libratone brand experience through visual identity, product and app UXUI, DTC web experiences, packaging and physical environments.
Our work delivered immediate growth, channel sales success, and created consistency and innovation across brand touchpoints.
COLOPLASTInnovating new ways to care with a healthcare leader
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Coloplast engaged Monokoto to undertake collaborative front-end innovation programs in their core business areas of Urinary and Ostomy Care.
Our work encompassed the development of insights, innovation strategies, product and service design and customer validation.
HomeboyA little house to protect your home - security and more
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Homeboy - a tech startup with teams in the US and Australia - tapped Monokoto to define and design their entire experience across Product, Service, and Brand design.
Homeboy was acquired by Kidde, an early investor in 2015.
NaimUser experience and design for a brand at the pinnacle of British Hi-Fi
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Monokoto partnered with Naim across various projects and over nearly 5 years to transform the User Experience and design of their product portfolio.
Pictured: User interface for Naim mu-so with signature sonic wave grill design.
jeep x McIntoshBold in-car entertainment for an American automotive icon
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Monokoto seamlessly integrated signature UI elements from the McIntosh design language into the automotive environment.
Working with the FCA’s U-Connect Platform, Monokoto designed and defined automotive ‘Apps’ to allow control of the entertainment experience in select models.